Molloy/Malone Dies/The Unnamable (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: The 1940’s or 1950’s
- Setting: Mostly indeterminate but including a hospital
- Genres: Long fiction, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Memory, Traveling or travelers, Philosophy or philosophers, Psychology or psychologists, Authors or writers, Art or artists, 1940’s, Paris, Death or dying, Existentialism, Old age or elderly people
Characters Discussed
Molloy, 1951
Molloy, a one-eyed and toothless writer. In his mother’s room near the slaughterhouse, Molloy wants to die, but first he must write. Although he does not write for money and seems incapable of spending it, he is paid by a man who visits him every Sunday. Despite having a faulty memory for names, Molloy writes an account of his quest to see his mother. He begins his quest on bicycle by pedaling with his good leg and propping the stiff one awkwardly on the front axle. As both legs stiffen, he becomes too crippled to pedal and...
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